The following gives employment and daily output information for Your Mama, a perfectly competitive manufacturer of computer

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The following gives employment and daily output information for Your Mama, a perfectly competitive manufacturer of computer motherboards.

Number of Workers Total Output

10 ..............80

11 ..............88

12 ..............94

13 ..............97

14 ..............99

A motherboard worker at Your Mama earns $80 a day, and motherboards sell for $27.50.

a. How many workers will be employed? How do you know?

b. Suppose the market wage for motherboard workers increases by $5 per day per worker, but the market price of motherboards remains unchanged. What will happen to employment at the firm? Why?


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Macroeconomics Principles and Applications

ISBN: 978-1133265238

5th edition

Authors: Robert e. hall, marc Lieberman

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